New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-24

and often on our Journeys he was ha-i
bitually plunged into the depths Of abb
sorbing thought. At such times his
face would assume sombre cast, and
an expression Of the deepest melan-
.choly would oyerspread it But his
reflections were kept to himself. He
gave me no confidence outside OF busi
ness affairs, in which i was implicitly
trusted
The end Of employment was
reached through a curious adventure
which must be told in detail.
We were in a halfhedged town IN
Missouri. tt is a great city now. The
railroads had then just commenced
to reach out for it, and it's s'boom"
was but mildly started. Every thing
was in a kind OF chaos. There were
ungraded and muddy streets, with
brick and plank sidewalks, and no
sidewalks at all; there were promiscu-
Gus stocks OF goods from st. Louis
tumbled in retail stores together to
meet the pressing demands of the in
creasing population, hardware and
calico being sold over the same count
er; and there were two or three great
canvasaries of hotels, well dressed GEN
tlemen struggled with red -shirted, long
booted sons Of the border for a
seat at the table. And there
was a travelling theatrical company
in town. Great colored pictorial bills
announced that the play of ssIngomar,
the Barbarian" would be presented
that night, with the great London
tragedian, Mr.. Templemore in the
title role, while the beautiful and ac-
complished Miss Gertrude Devereaux
| would assume the part of Parthenia.
That night Mr.. Rawlinson, contrary
to all my experience OF him, was rest
less and uneasy. If was supersti-
tions, / would say with him, s.com-
ing events cast their shadows before. =
Supnosing that he wished my COM
pany no more than he ever had at
the close OF the day, was about to
! withdraw from the hotel, when he
asked me, with chasteristic abrupt
ness, Where are you going?"
Merely to walk about town.
"Tll 60 withsyou-'
AS we went along the streets he
| made an effort to talk, but could
see that 1T was only his uneasy frame
Of mind breaking through his usual
abstraction. We passed a crowd in
front of great board building, where
faring colored lights illuminated the
| posters of ''Ingomar."
"What's this?" he asked.
"a play replied.
'Theater?-yes, fused to go often.
havn't seen a play for many years.
Let's go up"
"You'H hardly see any thing in there
to please you" 1 demurred.
"No matter / feel like most any
thing for diversion
We paid our 25 cents respectively,
and assembled the dirty stairs.
We entered a hall furnished with
wooden benches, where 800
people, seven eighth Of them
men, We're seated on the same level,
smoking, talking and ''chaffing" the
performers. On scantily furnished
stage a dmouth, brawling Ingo-
mar was holding forth to the captive
Myron and the outlaws about him.
Mr.. Rawlinson and obtained seats
with some difficulty. He glanced at
the stage and the audience, and then
became absorbed in his thoughts.
Not anticipating the slightest pleas
ure from the performance, Icontinued
to look idly at Ingomar, and was not
long in detecting IN his voice that
indulgence in spirits.
Presently Parthenia appeared.
Ito the crowd around us all acting
was the same; and certainly was
not impressed with the lady's power
as an actress. Her lines were
delivered coldly and correctly.
There was not the slightes feeling
manifested in any thing She uttered
But she had one quality that impress
! ed me at once; she had the true stage
presence. She was tall and shapely
! though rather thin, and neither paint
nor powder could hide the fact that
she was still beautiful. The rude au
dience were impressed just as / was
and respectfully refrained from any
"guying' Of the lady.
1 AS the play proceeded I became
| aware that my companion was becom
ing deeply interested in it. He bent
forward and kept his eyes fixed onths
stage. Once or twice whispered t6
. him, but he made no reply. From
this time his attention never TAGGED
till the curtain was finally
rung down. Then, amid tht
bosterous stamping, elapping and un
earthly ,cat-calls that summoned tn,
Barbarian and histbrlde before tn,
curtain, Mr.. Rawlinson shouted il
my ear:
Where dc these actors stay?"
SAT the Windsor, / believe"
4tCome and show me-
The exit to the street was marrow
and unlighted, so that the performer.
had reached their quarters by th,
: back passage some time before W,
could get there. Mr.. Rawlinson call
|. ed for the manager of the troupe, ane
a gross-lo oklng man in velveteen Will
a profusion OF iewelry, eaaaae to tn.
sitting room.
81 have business with vour leadins
s1 aaC1v-Miss Deyereaux. - said Mr. Raw